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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

esconder

to hide

  • #290 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: escondendo
  • Past participle: escondido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you hide
  3. nós we hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all hide

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I hid
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you hid
  3. nós we hid
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all hid

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to hide
  3. nós we are going to hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to hide

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to hide
  3. nós we used to hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to hide

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would hide
  3. nós we would hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would hide

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you hide
  3. nós (that) we hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all hide

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I hid
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you hid
  3. nós (if) we hid
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all hid

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I hide
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you hide
  3. nós (when) we hide
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all hide

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você hide!
  2. vocês hide! (all of you)

How to use esconder

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    O gato se esconde embaixo da cama quando chove.

    The cat hides under the bed when it rains.

  2. Past

    Eu escondi o presente no armário do corredor.

    I hid the present in the hallway closet.

  3. Future

    Vou esconder os ovos de Páscoa no jardim.

    I'm going to hide the Easter eggs in the garden.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele escondia as notas baixas da mãe.

    He used to hide his bad grades from his mom.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca esconderia nada de você.

    I would never hide anything from you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você esconda a verdade de mim.

    I don't want you to hide the truth from me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu escondesse o chocolate, as crianças achariam.

    If I hid the chocolate, the kids would find it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Onde você esconder a chave, me conte.

    Wherever you hide the key, tell me.

  9. Imperative

    Esconda o bolo antes que ela chegue!

    Hide the cake before she gets here!

Where you hear esconder

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O Pipoca esconde os sapatos do Daniel. Pipoca hides Daniel's shoes.
  • A gente escondeu a notícia por quase três semanas. We hid the news for almost three weeks.
  • Eu não vou esconder nada da minha mãe. I'm not going to hide anything from my mother.
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Both You and Grandma

Intermediate Level 3 · escondendo

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